Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-02


When merry children homeward run,
And peeping stars bid lovers wait.
Bring back the singing and the scent
OF meadow lands at dewy prime;
o! bring again my hearts content,
Thou spirit Of the summertime.
Irish Weekly Times.
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This is the end. then, OF striving: this Is what
comes of It all .sz-Ere
Darkness and foes just behind one; before, an
impossible wall. |
What does It matter how stanchlY one may have
battled for truth,
When with his weapons all broken he sits by the
grave of his youth?
.shat did it profit in past years that one did the
best that he knew, fi
When in the gloom Of the present virtue herself
seems untrue?
Why should one fight any longer when nothing
remains but defeat?
Burely snch labor were useless and idle the
stirring of feet.
ALL but the soul that is faithful knows It'll good
10 have fought;
Knows 1t lie good to have acted, whatever the
doing has brought. -s :
This is the crown OF the conflict. this the reward
Of all strife -4
Faith in ones self and ones motives, no matter
how darkened the life.
Flesh may be bruised and defeated, but by spirit
- is never disgraced;
Spirit is always triumphant whatever sharp pain
1t has faced.
Here, at the end Of my conflict, counsel not
yet with despair,
Though to all seeming my struggles are his who
but beateth the air.
Darkness and foes are about me, yet stand with
my back to the wall,
Facing whatever Fate sends me, and facing Fate
thus shall fall
Oscar Fay Adams.
AVARIETY OF GRASSES. .-..
In seeding down few farmers use
as great variety of seeds as they should.
The consequence is that meadows do
not yield what they might be made to,
and the pasture or hay is less appetite
ing. The best results of feeding are
found by giving a variety. More
will be eaten and with better appetite.
Besides the traditional timothy and
clover there are many perennials highly
esteemed in Europe, but scarcely known
to most American farmers. It is a good
sign for our farming that other grasses
than those heretofore sown are now
receiving much attention.
MOISTURE FOR GoosEBERR1Es.
The trouble with mildew on gooseber-
'ries is duemainly to the fact that our eli
mate is too dry and hot for them. The
:American varieties are partially acclima-
ated and will endure this better than
the English sorts. But they should be
planted on heavy and rather moist soil,
and should be mulched heavily so as to
keep the soil moist and cool On light
land thus mulched gooseberries can be
grown, provided the plants are not too
much thinned. If the bushes grow in
tclumps one protects the other from the
sun, and the soil beneath them does
not dry outso soon, Probably dress
ing of salt to attract moisture will be
beneficial
PLANTING POTATOES IN DRILLS.
AS long as potatoes were planted
mainly in little patches for home use,
in one corner of the cornfeld, they were
generally put in hills, with rows both
ways and the same distance apart as the
toorn. But potatoes do not need so
much room as this. If the ground is
rich and moist, as it should be, the rows
need be only two feet ten inches apart,
and the seed be dropped at intervals of
twelve to fifteen inches in drills. The
Hand can only be worked one way by
this method, but the yield will be largely
increased. Use good sizedpotatoes and
cut out the eyes, so as to plant only one
or two in a hill with a good chunk of
potato attached. If cut to single eyes
the pieces will be so small that many
will often fail to grow.
UNDERTAKING. WET PLACES.
In no country in the world do 80
large proportion of it's farmers own
the land they till as in the United
States. And yet there are thousands
who act as if they were only leasing
their farms and were liable to be turned
off at any time. The amount of work
done every Spring, and often both in
Spring and Fall, in opening burrows
for surplus water to pass off from the
surface, would soon dig and lay an
under drain through which water
would forever pass away underground,
and requiring, no extra expense.
Considering that a well-laid UNDER
drain is a permanent investment, no
farm improvement pays better interest
in the saving of labor in draining low
ground, TO say nothing of the fact that
the water which soaks away UNDER
ground leaves~the soil rich, while that
which washes over the surface carries
off fertility
THE QUALITY OF EGGS.
There is great difference in the char
acter of eggs from different hens, but it
depends full as much on the feed as the
breed. The dark-colored eggs laid by